Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life – Pythagoras

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends – Aristotle

He who hath many friends hath none – Aristotle

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit – Aristotle

To go to the synagogue with one’s father on the Passover eve – is there in the world a greater pleasure than that? What is it worth to be dressed in new clothes from head to foot, and to show off before one’s friends? Then the prayers themselves – the first Festival evening prayer and blessing – Sholom Aleichem